The school has eight first-class disciplines (basic medicine, clinical medicine, stomatology, public health and preventive medicine, pharmacy, special medicine, nursing, humanities medicine).

Nanjing Medical University, referred to as South Medical University for short, is located in Nanjing, a famous historical and cultural city in China and the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. It was jointly established by the people of China, the Ministry of Education, the people of China, the National Health and Family Planning Commission and the People's Government of Jiangsu Province. The school is a key construction university in Jiangsu Province.